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Lea is the name given to two areas of the western extremities of Preston; Lea Town (a village, despite its name) on the Fylde border, which had a population of 291 in 2011, [5] and the suburban sprawl of Lea along the Blackpool Road through the city.
Lea Road railway station (/ ˈ l iː ə / LEE-ə) was on the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway in the parish of Lea and Cottam in Preston, Lancashire, England. It opened in 1842, [1] and closed on 2 May 1938. [1] [2] [3] Lea Road was located adjacent to the site of the proposed Cottam railway station. [4] [5]
Old Lea Hall Farmhouse, Lea, Lancashire, England stands on the southern edge of the village, fronting Lea Marsh on the north bank of the River Ribble. The farmhouse dates from the late 16th or early 17th centuries, being the remnant of a much older, and larger, manor house of the de Hoghton family of Hoghton Tower .
The station would be near the site of the former Lea Road railway station between Lea Road and Sidgreaves Lane. It was planned to be part of the construction of a new distributor road linking the M55 with the A583, [20] which began in September 2019 and opened as Edith Rigby Way, part of the A582, on 3 July 2023.
Preston has a number of golf clubs with 18-hole courses, including: Ashton and Lea Golf Club, [142] in Lea to the west of Preston; Longridge Golf Club, [143] in Longridge to the northeast of Preston; Penwortham Golf Club, [144] in Penwortham on the southwest bank of the River Ribble; Preston Golf Club, [145] in Fulwood in the north of Preston.
The 13-mile (21 km) Clifton to Blackpool section of the A583 was formerly a privately owned toll road owned by the Clifton and De Hoghton estates. The tolls were abolished in 1902, when it became a main road as a result of an agreement made by Lancashire County Council and Fylde Rural District three years earlier which also saw the construction of new sections of road at Clifton and Blackpool.
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Lea is a civil parish in Lancashire, England.It contains 12 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings.Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and all the others are at Grade II.